Rhino.Inside -> Inside.Rhino?

Rhino.Inside AutoCAD
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I think R.I started as a datalink app, mapping objects in the host app to the corresponding Rhino objects. Living in the same memory space enabled live feedback.

One consequence of this is any plugin or user programming made in Rhino could be used in the host app.

I am wondering if the same approach could be used to enable plugins, verticals written for AutoCAD to be used inside Rhino. AutoCAD (and its clones like ODA, IntelliCAD etc) is still widely used and there are a lot of useful tools.

Rhino.Inside was written before the AI, MCP server craze. ODA has some .3dm conversion in its MCAD sdk… would Claude be able to create a VM to allow the AutoCAD tool to load and execute Inside.Rhino?

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It works predominantly the other way, it allows Rhino and particularly grasshopper plugins to be used in AutoCAD. Rather than AutoCAD Add-ins in Rhino.

But the net result is sort of the same, you are in the AutoCAD application so the AutoCAD Add-ins run, and rhino has access to their output on memory from Rhino.Inside.

That not to say what you are suggesting is not possible, but unless you/ AutoDesk can change the AutoCAD application directly, to allow for this kind of behavour, it would be very challenging.